- 16 Apr 11, 08:18#251509
Okay firstly, I was the one who made the finger comment and I did not wish that someone would literally rip his finger off. I was joking! Maybe it's the fact that you don't know me very well that is the issue here because I think most people on the chatroom know that when I, or anyone else, says something like that we're not actually wishing harm on that person. It's meant to be light hearted chat. I think that can be shown by how many people have taken issue with things said in the forum today, namely one (yourself).
Bad sportsmanship comes from all teams, we tend to see more from McLaren and Ferrari fans purely because they have such large fan bases, especially on this forum. It's not indicative of all fans of a certain team.
EDIT: And can I just add that I apologise if I was a little harsh in my earlier posts. I think one of the problems here is that some people come onto this forum to have very serious sporting discussions and debates, whereas some of us come here to have a natter and a laugh while we watch the F1 with people we've come to know quite well.
Honestly, I think you're seeing what you want to see. Every fan base has a variety of fans, we're not all alike. To say that all McLaren fans are disrespectful and wish harm upon other drivers is a massive sweeping statement. I find it as offensive when people make similar comments about Ferrari fans, Schumacher fans, Alonso fans etc. (Just to name some of the other common groups to be targeted). It's a form of prejudice and it's idiotic, to put it bluntly. Why can' we just accept that everone is different and team or driver preference has nothing to do with it. This argument seems to crop up again and again, somethimes it's "Why are McLaren fans this?", sometimes it's "Why are Ferrari fans like that?" and all of those threads are ridiculous.
To answer your other question, how would I feel about a racist comment? Well naturally, I'd find it extremely inappropriate and offensive but toilet humour is hardly the same as racism.
I'm talking about wishing that drivers have crashes, or that they'd like to snap someone's finger off. If you'd ever experienced direct threats of violence, you'd probably find such comments pretty high up on the offensive scale.
And while there is variations among fans of all teams, it does seem that when I see bad sportsmanship on this forum, it's almost always McLaren fans.
Okay firstly, I was the one who made the finger comment and I did not wish that someone would literally rip his finger off. I was joking! Maybe it's the fact that you don't know me very well that is the issue here because I think most people on the chatroom know that when I, or anyone else, says something like that we're not actually wishing harm on that person. It's meant to be light hearted chat. I think that can be shown by how many people have taken issue with things said in the forum today, namely one (yourself).
Bad sportsmanship comes from all teams, we tend to see more from McLaren and Ferrari fans purely because they have such large fan bases, especially on this forum. It's not indicative of all fans of a certain team.
EDIT: And can I just add that I apologise if I was a little harsh in my earlier posts. I think one of the problems here is that some people come onto this forum to have very serious sporting discussions and debates, whereas some of us come here to have a natter and a laugh while we watch the F1 with people we've come to know quite well.
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